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	Iain Pears
		Iain Pears is an art historian, journalist, television consultant and writer.
		Pears is married, has a son, and currently lives in Oxford.
		The Dream of Scipio, Iain Pears' first mainstream novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, is a work of astonishing ambition that appeals equally to the head and heart.
	www.bastulli.com /Pears/Pears.htm (1724 words)

	Books I have recently read
		I am a big fan of Iain Pears and this one is like an Instance of the Fingerpost again a fascinating book.
		Bought it because Amazon suggested many buyers of Iain Pears' books also bought this one, but it is not comparable at all.
		Pears' way of describing the characters is magnificent and addictive.
	www.geocities.com /marko_nl/books.html (418 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: An Instance of the Fingerpost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pears is more restrained in burdening his story with symbolism-though there is an obvious touch of semionics in the experiment with the dove in the vacuum chamber-watch for it early in da Cola's narrative.
		Iain Pears has crafted a historical mystery that brings both his wide cast of characters and the seventeenth century to life.
		Pears give them each their own unique voice, personality, perceptions, goals, and place in society and through the unfolding story we learn just how startling different one person's perception can be from another's even when they are eye-witnesses to the same event.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425167720?v=glance (2947 words)

	An Instance of the Fingerpost, Constant Reader Discussion
		And seems to me, Sarah made a confession of sorts--one which admitted to being guilty of some sort of religious folderol, not being worthy or something---and that this "confession" was misinterpreted by the listeners, most of whom had a interest in being sure of her guilt.
		Maybe this happens because Pears wants to get in one more surprise before it's all over; when Sarah revives in Boyle's lab my thought was "well, of course, she didn't hang long enough to die!" If she ascended, however, then she must have died in the first place.
		Pears is also giving a good portrait of the way women were treated during this time period.
	www.constantreader.com /discussions/instanceofthefingerpost.htm (8780 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Dream of Scipio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pears has a nice sense of what it means to live in a time when things fall apart, and not only the center but even the peripheries will not hold.
		Pears' characters are real, flawed people living and loving in times of crisis and experiencing conflicts with parents, teachers, friends, and mentors.
		This elegant prose from Pears expounds on this mere fact through the ages, from varied angles, so as to break through to the masses of a diverse readership that we are.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573229865?v=glance (2121 words)

	Renaissance Books
		Any comparison between Iain Pears' "An Instance of the Fingerpost" and Umberto Eco's 1983 classic "The Name of The Rose" is compelling, but unnecessary.
		Both are set in the past - Pears' book in the Oxford of 1663 - and both centre on a mystery; but neither could properly be termed a conventional whodunit.
		Pears has constructed a quartet of tales, each remarkable in itself and throwing light on some less-travelled byways of English history.
	www.renaissancemag.com /arts/books/b1198.html (589 words)

	The Portrait by Iain Pears - read our review
		With a doctorate in art history and numerous publications in the field, Pears is able to recreate the vibrant art world of Paris and London just before World War I in all its passion, its controversy, and its heady excitement.
		Although the reader of this novel may figure out generally what the conclusion will be before the novel ends, Pears has saved some surprises, and when the novel draws to a close, the reader feels the rightness of the conclusion.
		Filled with personal details which reveal the heart and soul of a struggling artist, the novel is a fascinating glimpse of the art world during the age of post-impressionism.
	mostlyfiction.com /history/pears.htm (916 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Iain Pears
		Iain Pears was born in Coventry in 1955.
		After the dazzling achievement of his bestsellers An Instance of the Fingerpost (“May well be the best historical mystery ever written.” —The Boston Globe) and The Dream of Scipio (“A virtuoso display of craftsmanship.” —Maclean’s), Iain Pears returns with a stunning novel of suspense and revenge.
		Three narratives, set in the fifth, fourteenth, and twentieth centuries, all revolving around an ancient text and each with a love story at its centre, are the elements of this brilliantly ingenious novel, a follow-up to the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=23472 (313 words)

	St Charles Public Library - Short Bios, Iain Pears
		Iain Pears is the author of a very successful mystery series, as well as two historical novels, a non-fiction book on art history and various articles on art, history and finance.
		Currently residing in Oxford with his wife and son, Pears’ career has included stints for Reuters News Agency as a correspondent in Italy, England, France and the United States.
		Pears’ Art History Mystery Series is set in contemporary Rome and features Jonathan Argyle, a British art historian/dealer, and with his girlfriend, Flavia di Stefano, assistant to General Bottando of the Italian National Art Squad.
	www.st-charles.lib.il.us /readers_service/bios/pears.htm (294 words)

	Pears - new and used books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The held moments are fraught with human consequence; often the poems take as their focus the lives of others-lives less fortunate than the poet's....
		Contains identification, cultural guidance and lists of pears held in the pear collection at Wisley and at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust, and details of Perry Pears.
		Fifty five of the most important pear cultivars grown in Britain today are illustrated botanical detail in colour.
	www.isbn.pl /K-pears (361 words)

	The Immaculate Deception - Iain Pears
		Old history is dredged up, making for quite a convoluted story, but Pears moves it along quickly (if also fairly simply).
		Pears is perhaps a bit too ambitious -- what with prime ministers and classic art and murder and millions -- and resolves everything a bit too easily, but it's all good fun, mystery-fluff with a bit of intellectual (or at least artistic) pretensions.
		British author Iain Pears was born in 1955.
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/popgb/pearsi2.htm (685 words)

	A Review of Iain Pears' The Dream of Scipio :: The Compulsive Reader :: A Haven for Book Lovers
		Pears is a powerful historian and his research is impeccable.
		We are given a godlike gift of being able to watch the movement of historically cyclically rather than in a linear fashion, and to be able to identify with the difficulties faced by the characters.
		It is to Pears' credit that he doesn't answer these questions, but rather opens the door, Sophia like, to allow the reader to see the impact of different ways of addressing these issues in times of crisis and providing a debate for us to work through ourselves.
	www.compulsivereader.com /html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=268 (1920 words)

	THE MYSTERY READER reviews: An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
		In Oxford, England, in the spring of 1663, Dr. Robert Graves is found dead in his rooms at New College.
		Since she admitted her crime in court, there is no question of her guilt.
		If I had to sum up An Instance of the Fingerpost in one phrase, it would be, "Nothing is ever as it seems." In using four different narrators to tell his story, Iain Pears weaves webs of deception, using omission and outright lies to confuse the truth.
	www.themysteryreader.com /pears-instance.html (359 words)

	Pears, Iain: An Instance of the Fingerpost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Their versions are wondrously convoluted attempts to keep the impossible within the realm of the plausible.
		Pears puts the truth (such as it is) in the words of the real antiquarian, Anthony Wood, who explains that a fingerpost--like a pathognomonic sign--points to the only solution possible.
		Not only does Pears intersperse real figures from the past throughout his novel, but he bases some of the fictional characters on historical personages too.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/pears11767-des-.html (505 words)

	Iain Pears -- Recent and Upcoming Books
		Iain Pears / Paperback / Expected April 2000
		Hailed as a new Umberto Eco, Iain Pears recently became a publishing sensation when his historical novel, "An Instance of the Fingerpost", was sold for major bestseller sums.
		Like An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears's Death and Restoration is grounded in a richly cultured vision rife with references to European history, art, and cuisine.
	www.non.com /books/Pears_Iain_r.html (1198 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada \| The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
		The centuries are the 5th (the final days of the Roman Empire); the 14th (the years of the Plague — the Black Death); and the 20th (World War II).
		"English writer Iain Pears possesses that wildly rare quality displayed only by writers like A.S. Byatt in Possession or Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose: the ability to be both extraordinarily erudite and thoroughly capable of writing a novel that the intellectually unwashed can enjoy….
		Pears has the ability to create characters who are immediately recognizable….
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0676972926 (609 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| AN INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST by Iain Pears
		The Oxford University of the novel is steeped in its own plots, schemes, and rivalries (think of the competition between Marco da Cola and Richard Lower, and Lower's alliances with Robert Boyle, as well as the university fellows' various reactions to the murder of Robert Grove).
		Sarah Blundy, for example, is far more a social pariah than, say, John Wallis, whom Pears has portrayed as a homosexual, or, for that matter, Marco da Cola, who's not only not English, but Catholic as well.
		Anthony Wood, a witness to these events, is reconciled to the verdict calling for her execution in the belief that the divine plan will be fulfilled.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/instance_of_the_fingerpost.asp (1211 words)

	Powell's Books - The Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears
		From internationally bestselling author Iain Pears comes the seventh in his Jonathan Argyll series — an intriguing mystery of love, loss, and artistic license.
		For newlywed and Italian art theft squad head Flavia di Stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the Louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen.
		Iain Pears, bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost, is an art historian with a doctorate in art history from Oxford.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=27576&cgi=product&isbn=0743272412 (628 words)

	THE MYSTERY READER reviews: The Titian Committee by Iain Pears
		The two decide that the police investigation of the murder is not doing either of their reputations any good, so they launch their own inquiry.
		Pears has developed some wonderful quirky characters in Jonathan Argyll and Flavia de Stefano.
		While not at all comparable to Iain Pears masterpiece, An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Titian Committee makes an enjoyable evening’s entertainment.
	www.themysteryreader.com /pears-titian.html (608 words)

	Iain Pears -- Available Books
		Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published March 1998
		And, though it represents the sixth novel in Pears's Jonathan Argyll series, the author subtly informs new readers of the key relationships and the past histories of his characters within the first three chapters.
		Once again, Argyll and his soon-to-be wife, Flavia di Stefano, are enmeshed in the Italian art world: Flavia, as a member of the Rome police's art squad and Argyll as a professor of art history.
	www.non.com /books/Pears_Iain_ca.html (827 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Meet the Writers
		Like his popular “art history mysteries,” Iain Pears’s erudite historical novels are as well researched and intricately plotted as they are suspenseful and colorful.
		With 1998's The Instance of the Fingerpost, his first break from the art-centered Jonathan Argyll series, Pears evoked the most rapturous praise of his career.
		When asked to list some authors he admires, Pears responded in 1998: "Robertson Davies, who was one of the (fairly few) authors I would have liked to have met.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?cid=883549 (329 words)

	Powell's Books - The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
		"[Pears's] latest novel, The Dream of Scipio, is another category-buster, a work of such philosophical and cultural complexity that its greatest mystery is 'How can Pears know so much?' Pears's canvas has never been larger (Western culture), or his concerns more profound (What is civilization?).
		Those who ignore Iain Pears are doomed to repeat the past."
		"Pears' elaborate narrative triptych is dazzling for its structure, its complexity, and the richness of thought that gives it texture.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=157322202x (437 words)

	The Immaculate Deception (Iain Pears) - book review
		Meanwhile her husband Jonathan Argyll, a dilettante art historian, is trying to establish a provenance for a small painting of Bottando's...
		There's some violence towards the end, but the mood of The Immaculate Deception is light-hearted -- it's not an outright comedy, but Pears' satire is gentle but effective and he doesn't take himself too seriously.
		The plot has more than enough twists and turns to keep us curious, without becoming too implausible or complex, and the characters are convincingly human, never reduced to farce or formula.
	dannyreviews.com /h/Immaculate_Deception.html (228 words)

	The Dream of Scipio By Iain Pears
		Iain Pears is the author of numerous traditional whodunits and of "An Instance of the Fingerpost," a historical novel/mystery.
		In "Instance" he tells and retells portions of the same story from the points of view of different characters.
		Pears writes complicated, multilevel novels dealing with difficult issues.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20021117scipio1117fnp5.asp (594 words)

	Some Links from The Pears family site
		Births, Marriages, Deaths of some Pears' at: St. Cuthbert, Carlisle.St. John's, Upperby is also St. Cuthbert, Carlisle, Cumbria, ENGLAND.
		Gardening: Pauline Pears (not the Pauline married to Walford) appears on TV gardening programs.
		On 13 August Captain Pears, of the Madras Engineers, left Bangalore with the 34th Madras Light Infantry.
	www.pearsfamily.fsworld.co.uk /somelinks.htm (327 words)

	How Iain Pears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		His research has focused primarily on literature relating to the Great War.
		Iain Pears’s The Dream of Scipio received high praise when it was published in mid-2002.
		The novel unites three stories, which all take place in the vicinity of Avignon, in 475, 1340, and 1943.
	www.laurentian.ca /abal/bio03.htm (3248 words)

	Death and Restoration (Art History Mystery) by Iain Pears - The Dark Spiral
		Comment: I found out that this book is not the first in the series of Pears art history mysteries, but it certainly is not a bad place to start.
		Flavia must chose between a move or promotion and Argyll toys with the development of a research project.
		The other two were frustrating displays of a great author using excellent themes, yet failing to reach excellence.
	www.darkspiral.com /item/0425177424 (1034 words)

	Nicholas' Homepage
		The first book in Iain Pear's Art Mystery Series is a simple but entertaining criminal spiced with English humour and Italian settings.
		Unfortunately Pears doesn't repeat his success with An Instance of the Fingerpost.
		The three parallell stories about treason in different ages may have interesting aspects but they are never woven together and it feels like the author missed an excellent opportunity to write a story where the past meets the present.
	homepage.mac.com /nicholashjelmberg/hemsida/kultur1_en.html (2880 words)

	Crime Time On-Line - book review - The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears
		A grim act of vandalism follows, with murder as the consequence.
		This is the intriguing brew created by Iain Pears as another case for the laconic General Bottando of Italy's Art Theft Squad, and it's a humdinger.
		The stylish and lively writing that distinguished Pears' highly entertaining An Instance of the Fingerpost is well in evidence here, and this is just as enjoyable.
	www.crimetime.co.uk /bookreviews/raphaelaffair.php (143 words)

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